Learning Perl for Beginners: Getting Started

by Mark Sanborn on September 22, 2008

Well if you have decided to take the plunge into Perl I commend you. So far my experience with Perl has been really great. I have already made very useful programs for both Windows and Linux. Coming from a web development background I like to think of Perl as the “PHP for operating systems”. If (…)

Mastering the UPS Shipping API: Getting Started

by Mark Sanborn on September 19, 2008

This article is here to help you get a jump start on using the UPS Shipping API. This article is part 1 of the series that will help you get all the required tools to get you up and running. Later the series will expand upon each service the API has to offer as well (…)

Vim is a beautiful tool

by Mark Sanborn on September 18, 2008

Eric Wendelin over at eriwen.com was kind enough to let me post an article about Vim on his blog today. It is a nice guide to Vim for people that have never used Vim looking to add some productivity to their programing. If you have used Vim for years you might learn something as well. (…)

The Perl Regular Expression Challenge

by Mark Sanborn on September 11, 2008

With my newly acquired Perl and regular expression skills I was trying to put them to the test and get a little practice. I asked a friend of mine if he had any regular expressions I should write. He first gave me an easy one. Replace ‘foo‘ with ‘bar‘ only when bar follows the word (…)

My Impressions of the New Google Chrome Browser

by Mark Sanborn on September 3, 2008

Google Chrome is the new browser that was just relased by Google in an attempt to capture the browser market to give them a significant advantage to their search/advertising business. With Chrome Google will be able to track what actions the browser takes to further narrow down pagerank of sites.